US moves to restore stockpiling ‘panic button’ in EV metals fight with China
A 60% slump in cobalt prices over the last two years has exposed the fragility in Washington’s efforts to bolster supplies of critical minerals.
A 60% slump in cobalt prices over the last two years has exposed the fragility in Washington’s efforts to bolster supplies of critical minerals.
Deep sea mining is likely just a matter of time, according to the head of the International Seabed Authority.
A challenge is that seafloor mining immediately starts off at a reputational disadvantage.
The metal in question is copper produced at the giant Grasberg mine in Indonesia.
Police and military teams, mine rescuers and volunteers, totalling more than 1,700 people, are looking for the missing workers.
Researchers have shown that green steel can be produced from aluminium production waste in a relatively simple way.
The project facilitates remote access to hyperspectral drill core imagery in the eastern Canadian province, impacting mineral exploration in the region.
A group representing UK pension funds has raised concerns about the water management at Oyu Tolgoi.
The government plans to offer fresh subsidies and loans for a New Caledonia nickel plant co-owned by Glencore.
High costs and political tensions in the French-controlled Pacific territory have left its three processing plants on the verge of collapse.